Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study population
| Characteristics | Values |
| No. of patients | 23 |
| Age (years), mean ± SD | 44.09 ± 17.10 |
| Gender (women), n (%) | 11 (47.8) |
| Length of ICU stay (d), mean ± SD | 21.9 ± 28.9 |
| Length of hospital stay (d), mean ± SD | 23.9 ± 12.3 |
| Need for vasopressors, n (%) | 23 (100) |
| Need for invasive mechanical ventilation, n (%) | 23 (100) |
| Length of mechanical ventilation (d), mean ± SD | 21.4 ± 11.8 |
| In hospital ward time before ICU admission, n (%) | 20 (86.9) |
| Length of stay in hospital wards before ICU admission (d), mean ± SD | 8.8 ± 10.6 |
| Use of antibiotics 30 days before ICU admission, n (%) | 17 (73.9) |
| Infection site, n (%) | |
| Respiratory | 21 (91.3) |
| Blood culture | 3 (13) |
| Surgical site | 1 (4.3) |
| Pansensitive, n (%) | 2 (8.7) |
| Pandrug-resistant, n (%) | 5 (21.7) |
| Multidrug-resistant, n (%) | 16 (69.6) |
| APACHE II score, mean ± SD | 13.3 ± 5.8 |
| SOFA score, mean ± SD | 8.7 ± 2.4 |
| Performance status 0-2, n (%) | 22 (95.7) |
| ICU mortality, n (%) | 6 (26.1) |
| Hospital mortality, n (%) | 10 (43.5) |
ICU: Intensive care unit; APACHE: Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; SOFA: Sequential Organ Failure Assessment; IQR: Interquartile range; PEEP: Positive end expiratory pressure.